Jaswant Singh Gill, an IIT Dhanbad graduate and then-additional chief mining engineer, innovated a rescue method involving a 7-foot-high, 22-inch-diameter steel capsule.
was the Chief of Mining Safety for the region. A sardar with a calm, steel gaze and hands that understood rock as well as they understood hope. He had survived mine collapses, gas explosions, and floods. But this was different. Mission Raniganj
The idea was laughed at initially. It was dangerous, untested, and theoretically insane. The borehole was 140 feet deep. The capsule would have to navigate through rocky, uneven shafts. A single snag, and the capsule would flip, drowning the occupants. Jaswant Singh Gill, an IIT Dhanbad graduate and
When he stepped onto solid ground, a miner’s wife fell at his feet. "You gave me back my husband," she sobbed. He had survived mine collapses, gas explosions, and floods